Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1930PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The plaintiff was injured at or near the intersection of Hyde Park Avenue, in Boston, and Wyvern Street, an unaccepted way open to and used by the public, in a collision between the sedan which he was driving and an electric street car of the defendant. There was no error *277in refusing to direct a verdict for the defendant. There was evidence which, taken most strongly for the plaintiff, would support findings that the plaintiff, knowing that the car was approaching rapidly upon the inbound track but justifiably believing that he had time to cross before it and that the motorman to avoid a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Fournier v. ZinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Barrett v. Checker Taxi Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Shea v. American Hide & Leather Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Bagnell v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by17 opinions
- O'Connor v. Benson Coal Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Isaacson v. Boston, Worcester & New York Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Brown v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Perry v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Pfeiffer v. SalasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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